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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLast week, we wrote about Marine Master Sergeant Hector Trujillo who was gravely injured when he rescued a Japanese citizen from a automobile wreck in Okinawa. Stars & Stripes reports that Trujillo was, in turn, rescued by three other Marines, Corporal Matthew Dungan, Sergeant Justin Erler and Lance Corporal Eduardo Rosario, on the roadway that day;<\/p>\n
Erler, a 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion boat mechanic, jumped into action and performed CPR on Trujillo, with assistance from Cpl. Matthew Dungan and Lance Cpl. Eduardo Rosario \u2014 both of the 9th Engineer Support Battalion \u2014 until paramedics arrived.<\/p>\n
The three Marines have been credited with saving the life of the 44-year-old father of three.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere were some cars out in the middle of the road,\u201d Erler told Stars and Stripes during an interview last week at Camp Hansen. \u201cThe first thing I did is I just ran to go assess and see what\u2019s going on. That\u2019s when I found the master sergeant. He was unconscious and he wasn\u2019t breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Erler began chest compressions right where the master sergeant had fallen near the median. Dungan and Rosario assisted him.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of us have kind of been brought up the same way,\u201d Dungan said of his fellow Marines. \u201cIf we see somebody [in trouble, helping] is just what we do. We have to help them; we can\u2019t just leave them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Erler said the situation got personal when he saw Trujillo\u2019s wedding ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf this was me, I would want someone to keep me going for my wife and my family,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The article says that Master Sergeant Trujillo is still in critical condition, but he’s improving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"